Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu

SKVR VI1 1193·Mäntyharju·1913·Collector: Haronen, Ester

In the SKVR edition: Mäntyharju. Haronen, Ester n. 3. -1913. Eeva Haronen.

SKVR textEnglish

1Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu,Sleep, sleep, meadow bird,

2Väsy, väsy, västäräkki,Rest, rest, white wagtail,

3Tie pellolle pesäsi,The path to the field [is] your nest,

4Kaalimaalle kartanosi,To the cabbage field [is] your manor,

5Koivunoksalle kotisi,To the birch branch [is] your home,

6Hangelle havumajasi!To the snowdrift [is] your conifer-hut!

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.

The text is that of the SKVR digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), with these changes:

The edition’s line numbers are replaced by a number on every verse, counted as in the poem reader.

Source

Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.